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Film and Live Screenings South Hill Park Cinema · Bracknell The Lion King wilde theatre · mansion house · cinema · italian gardens · studio theatre · gallery bars · licensed wedding venue · recital room · art and dance studios · restaurant September – October 2019 Members can book from Mon 19 Aug southhillpark.org.uk Non-members from Fri 23 Aug ALL TICKETS Dementia-Friendly and Relaxed Screenings £5.50 each Black History Month Specially-designed screenings for people living with dementia, We mark Black History their carers and anyone preferring to experience cinema in calm Month with a rare screening surroundings. With lights left on low and sound level reduced, these of a British film starring US relaxed screenings are on the second Monday of each month. cultural icon and political activist, Paul Robeson. Doors open 1.30pm for a 2pm start, with a short interval. Complimentary refreshments will be provided after each film The Proud Valley screening. All staff and volunteers are Dementia Friends. Wed 2 Oct 7.30pm When booking please advise if wheelchair access is required. Dir. Pen Tennyson, UK, 1939, 77 mins Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Whisky Galore! Carry On Camping Simon Lack Mon 9 Sept 2pm Mon 14 Oct 2pm Paul Robeson was the pre-eminent Dir. Alexander Mackendrick, Dir. Gerald Thomas, UK, 1969, 85 mins African-American film star of his UK, 1949, 80 mins Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, day, but much preferred working John Gregson, Basil Radford, Charles Hawtrey, Barbara Windsor Joan Greenwood outside the US, allowing him to Sid and Bernie talk their girlfriends portray the black working man A brilliant and warm-hearted Ealing into a weekend away, but end up at ‘as he is’. Robeson contributed Studios comedy about the the run-down Paradise Holiday his talent and his willingness alcohol-deprived folks on a Scottish campsite. One of the most famous of to challenge the prevailing Outer Hebrides island tempted by a the Carry On movies (mainly thanks conventions of racism, imperialism ship’s wrecked cargo of fine export to Barbara Windsor’s bra), and with and social injustice. Here, he is whisky. Don’t miss this charming, all ten regulars on their best form. the quintessential everyman, fun-filled comedy on the big screen. an American sailor who joins rank-and-file Welsh miners organising against the powers that be. A Season in France Mon 2 & Tue 3 Sept 7.30pm Dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Fr, 2017, 101 mins, French with subtitles Eriq Ebouaney, Sandrine Bonnaire, Whisky Galore! Carry On Camping Aalayna Lys Having fled his war-torn country with his family, an African high-school teacher makes a new life. A compassionate and observant film that’s deceptively quiet, but beneath the surface it rages. Speaks with a simple eloquence a Family Super Deal F Wilde Young Producers: bout a humanity that we seem on Special prices for families. Film Programming the verge of losing SIGHT&SOUND Please check film certificate and content before booking We are a group of aspiring producers, aged 15-21yrs, Anna Family tickets (2+2) £22 aiming to engage younger Thu 5 & Fri 6 Sept 7.30pm Child price £3 (15yrs and under) audiences in a diverse Dir. Luc Besson, Fr/US, 2019, 119 mins Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, range of films, driven by Cillian Murphy HEARING LOOP our passion for the arts and cultural Beneath Anna Poliatova’s striking The cinema is fitted with beauty lies a secret that will unleash an audio induction loop. cinema. Customers can use the her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world’s most feared T-setting on their hearing Our next screening will be a aids for clear film sound. government assassins. A non-stop special event on Fri 1 Nov. thrill ride of breath-taking action. The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Key to Symbols More details coming soon, Silver Screening Si but fancy dress will be strongly advised. Bringing in Baby BiB Not for Bringing in Baby Not BiB ONLY £7 Family Screening F FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 15–30yRS Hard of Hearing HoH A Season in France Booking dates Members from Mon 19 Aug, Non-members from Fri 23 Aug Reel Lives Our regular screenings of award-winning documentaries Maiden Armstrong Diego Maradona Wed 4 Sept 7.30pm Thu 3 Oct 7.30pm Wed 16 Oct 7.30pm Dir. Alex Holmes, UK, 2018, 97 mins Dir. David Fairhead, US, 2019, 100 mins Dir. Asif Kapadia, UK, 2019, 127 mins, Harrison Ford (narrator), Michael Collins, English/Spanish with some subtitles 24-year-old Tracy Edwards was Janet Armstrong skipper of the first ever all-female Spellbinding documentary of real crew to enter the Whitbread Round Striking, moving and deeply human, insight on the celebrated Argentine the World Race in 1989. Exciting, the definitive life story of Neil footballer’s period at Napoli. With visceral and timely, paying due Armstrong: from his childhood in compelling archive footage, this is as homage to Edwards as a courageous Ohio to his first steps on the Moon. mesmeric as its subject’s skills and pioneer. Featuring never-before-seen family as raw as his life off the pitch. home-movie footage and photos. Balances inspiring adventure A thrilling story about stardom and dismaying sexism with aplomb Dramatic and emotional TIMEOUT and genius FINANCIAL TIMES TIMEOUT Maiden Apollo 11 Diego Maradona Yesterday Support the Girls Vita and Virginia Fri 6 Sept 10.30am BiB Wed 11 Sept 7.30pm Fri 13 Sept 2.30pm Si Fri 6 Sept 2.30pm Si Dir. Andrew Bujalski, US, 2018, 88 mins Sat 14 & Sun 15 Sept 7.30pm Sat 7 & Sun 8 Sept 3pm F Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson, Dir. Chanya Button, UK/Ire, 2019, 110 mins Sat 7 & Sun 8 Sept 7.30pm James Le Gros Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Dir. Danny Boyle, UK/US, 2019, 116 mins Intelligent, dependable Lisa has her Isabella Rossellini Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon incurable optimism tested by the day Two fiercely intelligent, independent, A struggling musician wakes up from hell. A funny, big-hearted film well-known women share their love after an accident to find he’s the that delivers perceptive truths about of language and embark on a sexual only person in the world to remember corporate exploitation, racial and relationship with the full knowledge of The Beatles. Highly enjoyable romcom gender politics and the daily work their husbands. Stylish, glossy period with lovely renditions of Lennon and of being a woman in a man’s world. drama with contemporary resonances. McCartney’s songs. Regina Hall rules the screen GUARDIAN Memoir of War Happy As Lazzaro Spider-Man: Mon 16 & Tue 17 Sept 7.30pm Tue 10 Sept 7.30pm Far from Home Dir. Emmanuel Finkiel, Fr/Bel, 2017, 123 mins, French with subtitles Bracknell Film Society Fri 13 Sept 10.30am BiB Mélanie Thierry, Benoît Magimel, Dir. Alice Rohrwacher, It/Swit/Fr, Fri 13 Sept 7.30pm Benjamin Biolay 2018, 127 mins, Italian with subtitles Sat 14 & Sun 15 Sept 3pm Adriano Tardiolo, Alba Rohrwacher, In Nazi-occupied France, a resistance Luca Chikovani Dir. Jon Watts, US, 2019, 129 mins Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jake Gyllenhaal member becomes friendly with a An unceasingly kind peasant and Nazi collaborator out of necessity. his family are blatantly exploited. Spider-Man must step up to take Adaptation of Marguerite Duras’s Mixing folk tales with social critique, on new threats in a world that has semi-autobiographical book with this luminous magic-realist fable is changed forever. Keeping things subtly expressionistic images an origin myth for a modern Italy light and fun Holland gives another evoking the inner world of a consumed by corruption and decline. top performance full of awkward furious, tormented woman. teenage energy. Slips across times and genres with a Thierry is utterly compelling honeyed beauty GUARDIAN HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Plus short The Dinosaur Dir. Mateo Willis, UK, 2017, 100 secs A man wakes up on a high mountain, only to discover he is not alone. Spider-Man: Far from Home BOOK ONLINE SOUTHHILLpaRK.ORG.UK Photograph The Queen’s Corgi The Dead Don’t Die The White Crow The Queen’s Corgi Wed 18 & Thu 19 Sept 7.30pm Wed 25 Sept 7.30pm Fri 4 Oct 10.30am BiB Dir. Jim Jarmusch, US/Swe, 2019, 105 mins Dir. Ralph Fiennes, UK, 2018, 127 mins Sat 5 & Sun 6 Oct 3pm F Adam Driver, Chloë Sevigny, Bill Murray Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Dirs. Vincent Kesteloot/Ben Stassen, Adèle Exarchopoulos Bel, 2019, 85 mins The residents of a small US town find Voices: Jack Whitehall, themselves besieged by zombies The story of Rudolf Nureyev’s Julie Walters, Tom Courtenay during an apocalyptic lunar event. defection to the West in 1961. The most beloved corgi of the monarch Laconic, lugubrious (un)deadpan Ralph Fiennes’s third directorial discovers his true self. With themes of comedy with inspired wit, and a outing is a thrilling, ambitious and friendship and love, the inspired voice terrific cast of comedic actors. compelling drama with emotional depth and a spine-tingling climax. cast and cheeky set pieces (Trump’s Kursk: The Last Mission visit) will entertain everyone. The Current War Fri 20 Sept 10.30am BiB BiB The Art of Racing Fri 20 Sept 2.30pm Si Fri 27 Sept 10.30am Fri 27 Sept 2.30pm Si in the Rain Fri 20 – Sun 22 Sept 7.30pm Si Sat 21 & Sun 22 Sept 3pm Fri 27 – Sun 29 Sept 7.30pm Fri 4 Oct 2.30pm F Dir. Thomas Vinterberg, Bel/Lux, Sat 28 & Sun 29 Sept 3pm Fri 4 – Sun 6 Oct 7.30pm 2018, 115 mins Mon 30 Sept 2.30pm HoH Dir.
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